Comprehension Of Color Metaphor

In this thesis, I have attempted to discuss the similarity and dissimilarity of cross-culture metaphor by making a comparative study of color metaphor in English and Chinese.There are four parts in this thesis. Part One provides a brief introduction to the main traditional theories and the contemporary cognitive theory of metaphor, and presents the research background and research motives of the current color metaphor study; Part Two gives an analysis of the data collected from the latest English and Chinese newspapers and magazines, and summarizes the frequently used metaphorical meanings of 9 basic color terms in daily written English and Chinese, then categorizes the metaphorical meanings of each color term by giving examples; based on the analysis of the collected data, Part Three looks closely into the similarity and dissimilarity of color metaphor in English and Chinese, discusses possible reasons for the same and different color metaphors in English and Chinese from the perspective of cognition and culture; Part Four is the concluding part. Through a comparative study of color metaphor in English and Chinese, the author verifies the existence of similarity and dissimilarity of cross-culture metaphor due to the common cognitive basis and cultural variation.